ISSN:
1824-3096
Keywords:
Migration
;
Marriage
;
Endogamy
;
Exogamy
;
Italy
;
France
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Until World War II the economic activity of the inhabitants of the commune of Fontanigorda (Genova — Italy) was based on subsistence farming and temporary migration. Migration to France in search of work absorbed the excess active male population: the isonymy study shows that the migrants were recruited from all the families of the commune. After having left for Marseilles or the mine at St. Maime (in the Alps of Upper Provence), these young migrants returned to their home town to marry. This behaviour maintained a high degree of consanguinity, obscured by a false exogamy, at least until the turn of the century. After this period, lifelong migration completely modified the pattern of marriage structure bacause migration to France became definitive.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02441414
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